9th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 9th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)[1] was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was held between March 2 and March 18, 1988, in Saudi Arabia. It was the second time after 1972, that Saudi Arabia hosted this regional football tournament. The tournament was won by Iraq. It was the third title for Iraq after having won the tournament 1979 in Baghdad and 1984 in Muscat.

9th Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates2 March – 18 March
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (3rd title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Bahrain

All games were played at the newly built King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. The stadium was built to host the 1988 Gulf Cup and the FIFA World Youth Championship one year later.

Having scored four goals each, Ahmed Radhi from Iraq and Zuhair Bakhit from the UAE shared the top-scorer award. Habib Jaafar (Iraq) was voted as best player, Oman's goalkeeper Yousif Obaid won the best-goalkeeper-award.

Oman achieved their first victory in the Gulf Cup tournament after beating Qatar 21. Before so, the Oman had failed to win a single match in the 14 years prior.

Matches

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 10642081+7
 United Arab Emirates 8632174+3
 Saudi Arabia 7623154+1
 Bahrain 66303440
 Kuwait 46123341
 Qatar 46123484
 Oman 36114396



Iraq 1 1 Oman
Shihab  50' Nasser Hamdan  36'





Iraq 1 0 Kuwait
Radhi  39'





Iraq 3 0 Qatar
Jafar  58'
Radhi  80'  81'



Iraq 2 0 Saudi Arabia
Radhi  59'
Gorgis  72'




Iraq 1 0 Bahrain
Hussein  49'

Result

 9th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Iraq
Third title

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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